Upper Scalby Fmn, Yorkshire (Jurassic to of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (54.3° N, 0.4° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 9.6° E)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Scalby Formation (Ravenscar Group), Late/Upper Bajocian to Late/Upper Bajocian (171.6 - 166.1 Ma)

• Derived from summary in Hesselbo et al. (2003)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: T. M. Harris. 1979. The Yorkshire Jurassic Flora V. Coniferales. British Museum (Natural History) 5:1-150 [A. Rees/A. Rees/A. Rees]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24274: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Allister Rees on 04.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Based on 5 monographs of the Yorkshire Jurassic Flora by Harris (1961, 1964, 1969, 1979) and Harris et al. (1974)
unclassified
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Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
Pachypteris lanceolata, "Stenopteris nana" = Rhaphidopteris, "Stenopteris williamsonis" = Rhaphidopteris
Pachypteris lanceolata Brongniart 1829
"Stenopteris nana" = Rhaphidopteris
"Stenopteris williamsonis" = Rhaphidopteris
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Pseudotorellia
  -
Cycadopsida
 Cycadales -
Ctenozamites sp. Nathorst 1886 cycads
Ctenozamites cycadea Brongniart 1886 cycads
"Nilssonia revoluta" = Nilsonia cycads
"Nilssonia tenuinervis" = Nilsonia cycads
 Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
Pityocladus
  -
Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales - Ginkgoaceae
Ginkgo huttoni Sternberg 1833 ginkgo
 Ginkgoales -
 Czekanowskiales -
 Bennettitales -
 Coniferales -
Bilsdalea dura Harris 1952
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxaceae
Polypodiopsida
  - Osmundaceae
 Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
 Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Coniopteris bella scaly tree fern
Coniopteris hymenophylloides Brongniart 1828 scaly tree fern
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum beani horsetail
Eboracia lobifolia
  -
Eboracia lobifolia Phillips 1911